# Easter Hymns **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515 "2014-04-19T23:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/21 "2014-04-20T21:59:35Z")
> [@LibrarySpy](#): > > Handel’s Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus) > Jesus Christ is Risen Today > The Day of Resurrection > > Wish I could tell you what they sang at the contemporary service. I have attended sevices at a number of different denominations, but I never could get into any “contemporary” style of service. I’m a traditionalist at heart, no matter what the tradition is. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/22 "2014-04-20T22:42:08Z")
[QUOTE=Baker;17306126I] As the dean said, “We’re open next week too1” [/QUOTE] Our PP said exactly the same thing to all of the C&Es who turned up. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/23 "2014-04-20T22:50:46Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What does “give it a burl” mean in choral music? It’s one of the ornamental movements in piping. No, it’s not a choral music term. It’s an Australian idiom meaning “to give something a go” or “to have a try”. We hadn’t rehearsed the hymn at all. We just sang it on the spur of the moment. I hadn’t realised that “to give something a burl” was Australian slang until you asked. ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/24 "2014-04-21T04:11:48Z")
I’m surprised that “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” is mentioned more often than “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today,” they being somewhat similar. A midweek service I’m connected with will sing “Christ Arose” (Lo, in the grave he lay). That’s more in the gospel-song line than “churchy” “Now the Green Blade Rises” is unfamiliar to me, altho it’s in our newest hymnal. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/25 "2014-04-21T04:25:02Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > No, it’s not a choral music term. It’s an Australian idiom meaning “to give something a go” or “to have a try”. > > We hadn’t rehearsed the hymn at all. We just sang it on the spur of the moment. > > I hadn’t realised that “to give something a burl” was Australian slang until you asked. Funny! In piping, it’s a low g, followed by a low a, back to low g (done by swiping the right pinkie quickly on and off the lowest hole). Usually written as 3 1/32 notes. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/26 "2014-04-21T05:16:22Z")
And my guess was right: opening hymn was “Jesus Christ is Risen Today.” Offertory hymn was “Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem”. Hymn after communion was “All Heaven Declares” Recessional was “The Day of Resurrection!” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/27 "2014-04-21T05:40:55Z")
> [@svd678](#): > > “Now the Green Blade Rises” is unfamiliar to me, altho it’s in our newest hymnal. As **Malacandra** mentioned, it’s sung to the French tune, Noël nouvelet, which can also be a [Christmas carol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGsYIBW38PQ#aid=P-w4c6_MEpg), as the name suggests. It’s in the Anglican Book of Common Praise. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/28 "2014-04-21T14:52:36Z")
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today Hail Thee Festival Day (blest hymn that shall go on forever) Come Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (uncle Arthur’s tune) And by far my favorite, Now the Green Blade Riseth. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/29 "2014-04-21T19:46:43Z")
I was disappointed - they didn’t do _Christ is Risen! Alleluia!_ because our musical ensemble couldn’t perform in that key, or something. The music director promised we would do it next Sunday, since, as **Baker** mentions, it’s a season and not just a holiday. But we did do _Jesus Christ is Risen Today_ and I can’t recall the other one. We don’t do contemporary worship, because everyone complains if we change it from the way we have been doing contemporary worship for the last 25 years. 😃 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/30 "2014-04-22T17:26:49Z")
Up from the Grave He Arose Christ the Lord is Risen Today He Lives Lord of the Dance My wife and I discussed what hymns we’d sing at church on the way there. We got all of them but the last one. Methodists are nothing if not predictable. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/31 "2014-04-22T22:01:13Z")
At our Catholic church we had the usual ones listed above, but one that’s a little different is a their folksy version of [I Know that My Redeemer Lives](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfeQ76mUxXY). This one is in 3/4 time and is much quieter than the bombastic [Lutheran version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tMqpruzpv0) or the sappy [Mormon version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkpiCCG_EB4). It’s amazing that there can be three completely different versions of a song all with the same title. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/32 "2014-04-23T00:22:04Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > At our Catholic church we had the usual ones listed above, but one that’s a little different is a their folksy version of [I Know that My Redeemer Lives](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfeQ76mUxXY). This one is in 3/4 time and is much quieter than the bombastic [Lutheran version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tMqpruzpv0) or the sappy [Mormon version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkpiCCG_EB4). It’s amazing that there can be three completely different versions of a song all with the same title. I may no longer be Lutheran, but I still like “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” Bombastic? Pistols at dawn, sir!😃 Actually, I like it enough that it will be one of four hymns sung at my funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/33 "2014-04-23T03:12:24Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > U Methodists are nothing if not predictable. Methodical, in fact. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/34 "2014-04-23T03:29:54Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I may no longer be Lutheran, but I still like “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” Bombastic? Pistols at dawn, sir!😃 > > Actually, I like it enough that it will be one of four hymns sung at my funeral. As another ex-Lutheran, when I saw the title “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” I immediately thought of that version as well (and I do like that version too). Interesting that people have “funeral song lists”. The Catholic version is on my funeral list. Maybe someone should start a thread for “Funeral song lists” Can we at least agree the Mormon version is sappy? Is it considered an Easter hymn? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/35 "2014-04-23T03:50:43Z")
[QUOTE=John Galt] Interesting that people have “funeral song lists”. The Catholic version is on my funeral list. Maybe someone should start a thread for “Funeral song lists” [/QUOTE] Here you go: [Top 10 Funeral Songs?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=390985) [Name Your Funeral Music](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405164) [Your Funeral Song](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=485413) [What music should be played at your funeral/wake?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=570804) [What song(s) do you want played at your funeral?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=541744) [Songs at your funeral](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=584711&highlight=funeral) [What song do you want played at your funeral?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=42862) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/36 "2014-04-23T04:09:34Z")
I don’t mind talking about funeral music, I quite enjoy it in fact, but I don’t want to hijack this thread anymore, so I’ve started a new one. Thanks to **Northern Piper** for the list of threads. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17313443#post17313443](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17313443#post17313443) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/37 "2014-04-23T10:57:59Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Methodical, in fact. 😃 IIRC, when John and Charles Wesley were at Oxford, their fellow students called them “Methodists” because of their dependence on their rules of worship and John eventually adopted the name. It’s a little ironic because Wesley himself was never a Methodist. He was a lifelong Anglican. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/38 "2014-04-23T13:27:11Z")
I missed this thread, but to contribute: I am in the choir at our (Episcopal) church. We sang: Maundy Thursday: _Ave Verum Corpus_ Good Friday: _Were You There?_ Easter Sunday: _Christ the Lord is Risen Today; Hail Thee Festival Day_ Those were congregational hymns; I honestly can’t remember the name of the anthem the choir sang. But we were backed up with some hired trumpeters and it sounded pretty amazing if I say so myself. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/39 "2014-04-23T22:24:24Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Maundy Thursday: _Ave Verum Corpus_ Mozart? Byrd? Elgar? Or someone else? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515/40 "2014-04-24T02:51:23Z")
I’d be shocked if it wasn’t Mozart. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-hymns/686515.md?page=1)